Roll Call: How Erie's representatives voted this past week

Sunday

Jun 11, 2017 at 2:01 AM

Area members of Congress voted to repeal Wall Street regulations.

Staff report

WASHINGTON — Here's how area members of Congress voted on major issues in the week ending June 9. In the week of June 12, the Senate will vote on a bill imposing economic sanctions on Iran, while the House schedule was to be announced.

How area members of Congress voted this past week

House votes

Repeal of Dodd-Frank Law: The House on June 8 voted, 233-186, to repeal key parts of the 2010 Dodd-Frank law, which greatly increased regulation of Wall Street in response to domestic and global economic meltdowns in 2007-2008. A yes vote was to pass HR 10, which would hollow out and rename the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and establish stricter monetary penalties to combat fraud by financial institutions.

President Trump's tax returns: Voting 228 for and 186 against, the House on June 7 blocked a Democratic attempt to force consideration of a resolution directing the Ways and Means Committee to use its authority under law to obtain from the Treasury copies of President Trump's tax returns from 2006 through 2015, privately review the documents and then "report the information therein" to the full House. A yes vote opposed disclosure of the president's tax returns.

Kelly: Yes. Thompson: Yes.

Polygraph testing of border personnel: Voting 282 for and 137 against, the House on June 7 passed a bill (HR 2213) that would waive polygraph testing of U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) job applicants if they have cleared background checks while serving in the military or law enforcement. The bill would help the agency fill more than 2,000 vacant customs and border-patrol positions. Overall, there are 23,000 CBP officers and 20,000 Border Patrol agents. A yes vote was to send the bill to the Senate.

Kelly: Yes. Thompson: Yes.

Senate votes

Courtney Elwood confirmation: Voting 67 for and 33 against, the Senate on June 6 confirmed Courtney S. Elwood, 49, a partner in a Washington law firm, as general counsel of the Central Intelligence Agency. Elwood was associate counsel to President George W. Bush and deputy counsel to Vice President Richard Cheney and held high Justice Department posts under Bush. Her nomination drew Democratic criticism over her involvement in post-9/11 discussions of Bush administration policies regarding surveillance of American citizens without warrants and the CIA's harsh interrogation, or torture, of prisoners. In her confirmation hearing, Elwood said existing law would have to be changed if President Trump were to seek to reinstate Bush-era interrogation practices. A yes vote was to confirm Elwood as the CIA's top lawyer.

Scott Brown confirmation: Voting 94 for and four against, the Senate on June 8 confirmed Scott P. Brown, 57, to serve as U.S. ambassador to both New Zealand and Samoa. Brown was a Republican senator from Massachusetts from 2010-2013, and in 2014 he ran unsuccessfully as the GOP nominee to represent New Hampshire in the Senate. He was an early supporter of Donald Trump's presidential candidacy and worked recently as a Fox News contributor. A yes vote was to confirm Brown.

Casey: Yes. Toomey: Yes.

SOURCE: Voterama in Congress.

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